Category Archives: Ministry Resource

By Elias Dummer • Worship Leader/Artist • The City Harmonic • Nashville, Tennessee There I was at the age of 19, on the phone with a mentor of mine, and he had a fantastic problem. I had worked with him … Continue reading →

Does the experience shape the room, or does the room shape the experience? By Mandy Kyes / RPM Youth / Galt, California (This is the next in our series of Feature Articles from Youth Leaders Only 114 – which has the theme of TECHNOLOGY: … Continue reading →

…Or Is It? By Doug Ranck • Free Methodist Church of Santa Barbara, California “Nobody talks face-to-face anymore. It’s easier just to comment on Instagram.” “I don’t do social media. It takes too much time and it is relationally worthless.” … Continue reading →

By Tom Hammel • SoCal Network Assemblies of God • Irvine, California If you are anything like me, you love technology! But, figuring out how to make it work beyond watching Netflix and playing Candy Crush can sometimes be a … Continue reading →

Rick Bundschuh, a member of interlínc’s WriteGroup and Team interlínc, recently posted this: Every once in a while, I have to get something off my chest. I contributed this bit to our local paper’s OpEd page – and to my … Continue reading →

We’ve asked YLO’s editor Ken McCoy and his wife Jeannie (who’s the Modern Worship Director at their home church) to answer a group of questions about youth ministry and worship – questions that are fairly representative of the ones we … Continue reading →

By Jim Murphy | Forest Lake, Minnesota There’s nothing that’s quite as exciting for kids as the idea of being in a band. To strap on that sweet cherry-red Strat and make it wail, drive out a slick new beat on … Continue reading →

by Mark Pittman Transported to another place, moved to tears, scared out of our seats, or actually clapping in excitement, there’s no doubt that movies can have a serious impact. As a youth pastor, there were usually two ways I … Continue reading →

By Bill Petro (a long time friend from Cal Berkeley days) billpetro.com The origin of Thanksgiving Day has been attributed to a harvest feast held by the Plymouth Colony. In 1621, Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony proclaimed a day of … Continue reading →

By Katie Lau,  Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation October 28, 2018. Sunday afternoon in the ‘Burgh. Gray skies with the occasional peak of blue. 48 degrees and a bit of wind. Battling my usual fall change of season sinus infection. “Stillers” are … Continue reading →